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SUMMARY:Telling mathematical tales: Mathematics in different languages - P
 rofessor Bill Barton (University of Auckland\, New Zealand)
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DESCRIPTION:How do different languages express mathematical ideas?  Mathem
 atics can be expressed grammatically in a variety of ways.  In flights of 
 fancy\, I expand these into new mathematical worlds.  Mathematics emerges 
 as more contingent upon human experience than is usually accepted.  I furt
 her illustrate the conjunction between mathematical and language developme
 nt\, building on Devlin's concept of the Mathematical Gene\, presenting al
 ternative answers to conventional questions about mathematics: where it co
 mes from\, how it develops\, what it does and what it means.  Finally\, I 
 will consider how these playful ideas impact on mathematics education.
LOCATION:Room 205\, Mary Allan Building\, Homerton College\, Hills Road\, 
 Cambridge CB2 8PQ
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